February 20, 2014
— Ace He's visiting Iowa.
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Posted by: I'm Rick Perry, bitch at February 20, 2014 10:59 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 10:59 AM (/o+xv)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 10:59 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 10:59 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: I'm Rick Perry, bitch at February 20, 2014 11:00 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 11:00 AM (Z7PrM)
Posted by: phreshone at February 20, 2014 11:00 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 11:00 AM (Z7PrM)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at February 20, 2014 11:01 AM (PZ6/M)
I love a man who wears glasses...
(stolen from Marilyn Monroe's "Some Like It Hot" character)...and it applies to me too.
Posted by: concrete girl at February 20, 2014 11:01 AM (LhAqq)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at February 20, 2014 11:01 AM (GgPam)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:02 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Chris Hayes at February 20, 2014 11:02 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 11:02 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 11:02 AM (/o+xv)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at February 20, 2014 03:01 PM (GgPam)
The story of Julia is, in many ways, the story of Obama.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 20, 2014 11:02 AM (9LuAk)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:03 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 20, 2014 11:03 AM (YbyjT)
He might just be visiting some tourist attraction there
Posted by: blaster
We Fest. The guys from Iowa used to go on endlessly about the 8th Wonder that is We Fest.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 20, 2014 11:03 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: willow at February 20, 2014 11:03 AM (nqBYe)
I wanna root for SMOD, I really do, but after his total failure to even show up in 2012 . . .
Posted by: Emperor of Icecream at February 20, 2014 11:03 AM (ZMzpb)
Posted by: I'm Rick Perry, bitch at February 20, 2014 11:03 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 03:02 PM (/o+xv)
It's because the current conga champion was not available.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at February 20, 2014 11:04 AM (GgPam)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 11:04 AM (/o+xv)
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 20, 2014 03:02 PM (9LuAk)
Obama once used the name Julia and has the birth certificate to prove it. Little known fact.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 20, 2014 11:04 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 11:04 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:04 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:04 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: willow at February 20, 2014 11:04 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 11:04 AM (IXrOn)
Ow. *big huge watery eyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 11:05 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Bill Ayers at February 20, 2014 11:05 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: AMDG at February 20, 2014 11:05 AM (t7OO0)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:06 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:06 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: willow at February 20, 2014 11:06 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Reggie Love at February 20, 2014 11:06 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: GuyfromNH at February 20, 2014 11:06 AM (kbOju)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 20, 2014 11:06 AM (YbyjT)
Seriously.. there was a guy on Rush's show today predicting JEF will have Prez term limits thrown out so he can go for 3.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 11:06 AM (Z7PrM)
Posted by: IreneFingIrene at February 20, 2014 11:07 AM (X7MMs)
Posted by: MSN Editorial Staff at February 20, 2014 11:07 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 11:07 AM (0KmDt)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 03:06 PM (0FSuD)
Women everywhere deserve an apology!!!!
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 20, 2014 11:07 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: willow at February 20, 2014 11:07 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:08 AM (0FSuD)
Back surgery.
Posted by: huerfano at February 20, 2014 11:08 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 11:08 AM (U+u4A)
That works.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 11:08 AM (VtjlW)
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I think the word "Congo" is cool. I think all countries in Africa should be named Congo.
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 11:09 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:09 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: ace at February 20, 2014 11:09 AM (/FnUH)
Considering the alternarives, Perry looks pretty good.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 20, 2014 11:09 AM (AskuI)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 11:09 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Elders of Zion at February 20, 2014 11:09 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: MikeH at February 20, 2014 11:09 AM (ZdA3v)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:09 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 03:08 PM (U+u4A)
Sorry dude. Heredity is a bitch.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 20, 2014 11:09 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: phreshone at February 20, 2014 11:10 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at February 20, 2014 11:10 AM (9Bdcz)
Posted by: The Dude at February 20, 2014 11:10 AM (bStrg)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:10 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:10 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Michelle the Shrieking Harpy Malkin at February 20, 2014 11:10 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: willow at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 03:08 PM (U+u4A)
Plus... I thought you retired after your last winning season.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (YbyjT)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (H1AgL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (t3UFN)
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The senate is hearing him but the house told him to take a hike.
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: Mark Murray at February 20, 2014 11:11 AM (yFb77)
Can I just say I hate Iowa. Only for the one reason, first primary.
Otherwise, its kinda like heaven.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 20, 2014 11:12 AM (n0DEs)
Posted by: John McCain at February 20, 2014 11:12 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 11:12 AM (7ObY1)
Secret Muslim, indeed.
I also feel bad for Ace for pushing so hard on Perry to avoid the problems we were inevitably going to face. 2011-12 was such a train wreck.
Posted by: Shoot Me at February 20, 2014 11:12 AM (qiXMt)
Posted by: Ricardo Perrydad at February 20, 2014 11:12 AM (3p8HS)
From people I know who know Perry personally, the answer at this point is no.
Who knows though, he's a politician.
Posted by: Jollyroger at February 20, 2014 11:12 AM (t06LC)
Posted by: Ann Richards at February 20, 2014 11:12 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 11:12 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at February 20, 2014 11:13 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 11:13 AM (IXrOn)
Off of pain killers and properly prepped he'd do well.
It just doesn't matter. Nobody with an R after their name wins the presidency again, not for a long time.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:13 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Jimmy's Attack Rabbit at February 20, 2014 11:13 AM (E6zMZ)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 11:13 AM (P1Tw6)
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The lefties say the reason Texas is doing so well is oil. By that standard Venezuela should be buried in toilet paper.
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 11:13 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 20, 2014 11:13 AM (YbyjT)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2014 11:13 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:13 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 11:14 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 7 days (1wk) until spring training at February 20, 2014 11:14 AM (u8GsB)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 11:14 AM (U+u4A)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 11:14 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 20, 2014 11:14 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: willow at February 20, 2014 11:14 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Crim the Adequate at February 20, 2014 11:14 AM (Rg22G)
Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 11:15 AM (UYe47)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at February 20, 2014 11:15 AM (+lsX1)
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Self deluded incompetent surrounded by sycophants believes his own hype?
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 11:15 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:15 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 11:16 AM (RJMhd)
I hope he stays away from the back meds though. They screwed him up royally last time.
Oops.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:16 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: Michelle the Shrieking Harpy Malkin at February 20, 2014 11:16 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 11:16 AM (/o+xv)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:16 AM (PYAXX)
To raze that motherfucker to the ground!
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 20, 2014 11:16 AM (hn70M)
Posted by: Mark Murray at February 20, 2014 11:16 AM (yFb77)
Posted by: Weirddave at February 20, 2014 11:16 AM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:16 AM (0FSuD)
Perry needs to do one thing, and that's not throw up on himself at the debates, and also be tough on illegal immigration.
I mean two things- debate better, have a law-enforcement spiel for immigration, and explain why Texas is such a great environment for business.
Er, make that three things- not take medicine that makes him dopey at debates, address his amnesty reputation, talk up Texas's economic powerhouseness, and oh crap I though I had more material for this lame joke I think I'm hyperventilating
Posted by: Sam Hill at February 20, 2014 11:17 AM (zgHLA)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:17 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Mindy at February 20, 2014 11:17 AM (mQwL2)
Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 11:17 AM (UYe47)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2014 11:17 AM (POpqt)
Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2014 11:17 AM (YEQ2h)
Shouldn't that be TexasJewBoy, ala Kinky Friedman?
Posted by: John P. Squibob at February 20, 2014 11:17 AM (DQZLr)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 11:18 AM (U+u4A)
Posted by: Crim the Adequate at February 20, 2014 11:18 AM (Rg22G)
You're steppin' on my turf..
Posted by: TexasJew
I got a whole band full of you fellers.
Posted by: Kinky Friedman at February 20, 2014 11:18 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 20, 2014 11:18 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Dick (@DicksTrash) at February 20, 2014 11:18 AM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: Michelle the Shrieking Harpy Malkin at February 20, 2014 03:16 PM (7ObY1)
Perry definitely didn't need help in coming off as a retard
Posted by: The Dude at February 20, 2014 11:18 AM (bStrg)
Perry/Aiken 2016!.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
Santorum/O'Donnell 2016: Sola scriptura
That ought to light a fuse.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 20, 2014 11:18 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (hFL/3)
* Rick's policy-making
* Newt's interview/debate liver-eating
* Mitt's perfectly coiffed hair
Posted by: Crim the Adequate at February 20, 2014 03:18 PM (Rg22G)
Don't forget they have to be tall! The taller guys win!
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: skinny at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (dt2qx)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (P1Tw6)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Preznit Urkel X at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (P1Tw6)
Posted by: Kinky Friedman at February 20, 2014 03:18 PM (A0sHn)
You are a whole band Kink.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Mindy at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (mQwL2)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 11:19 AM (/o+xv)
Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 11:20 AM (UYe47)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 11:20 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 11:20 AM (U+u4A)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 11:20 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: AMDG at February 20, 2014 11:20 AM (t7OO0)
Add in Herman Cain's business experience and economic understanding.
Doesn't matter, like I said, next president is a Democrat no matter who runs. The actual people as candidates are irrelevant.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:20 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 20, 2014 11:20 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 20, 2014 11:20 AM (Uo7Tv)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 20, 2014 11:21 AM (YbyjT)
Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 11:21 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 11:21 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:21 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Jon (not the troll) at February 20, 2014 11:21 AM (DPMu1)
Perry might as well have shot himself in the head. Not once, but several times in multiple debates.
Michelle Malkin was the least of his problems.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:21 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 11:21 AM (P1Tw6)
Posted by: Kinky at February 20, 2014 11:21 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at February 20, 2014 11:22 AM (9Bdcz)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 11:22 AM (/o+xv)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:23 AM (4+AaH)
32 It's not like there's any real industry to steal from Iowa
Posted by: I'm Rick Perry, bitch at February 20, 2014 03:03 PM
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Sir, we are offended!
Posted by: American Cornhole Association at February 20, 2014 11:23 AM (pMGkg)
Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2014 11:23 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: Lady in Black, on iPhone & not responsible for typos at February 20, 2014 11:23 AM (wrhPR)
Posted by: willow at February 20, 2014 11:23 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 11:23 AM (0KmDt)
Ummmm. I'm drawing a blank.
http://blueribbonbaconfestival.com/
Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Jon (not the troll) at February 20, 2014 03:21 PM (DPMu1)
Have you ever even been to Texas?
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (U+u4A)
Posted by: Nicholson in As Good As It Gets at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (A/lC4)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (/o+xv)
Okay, that's funny. Um, tourist attractions in Iowa.
Ummmm. I'm drawing a blank.
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Isn't the Corn Palace there, or is that SD?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (AskuI)
That rock thing with the N word painted on it was unfortunate, and when I learned about it, I had it painted over with Feliz Navidad to celebrate my Mexican friends!
Posted by: Rick Perry at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (nQjHM)
Posted by: Sequential GOP Count Master at February 20, 2014 03:21
....Got be Huckabee!!!!!!!!!! (Ducks out of room before people start throwing shit)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 03:22 PM (/o+xv)
Wrong, Huckabee was next in line for 2012.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (buZ/8)
>>>Doesn't matter, like I said, next president is a Democrat no matter who runs. The actual people as candidates are irrelevant.
Hammer meet Nail.
/owie
Posted by: Bigby's Throbbing Thumb at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (n/ogz)
Posted by: AmishDude at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (xSegX)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 20, 2014 11:24 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Ted Cruz at February 20, 2014 11:25 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:25 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 11:25 AM (RJMhd)
Can I just say I hate Iowa. Only for the one reason, first primary.
Caucus. But still, that reason leads to a lot of perfidy.
It's because every politician has to suck up to Iowa that we have corn in our gasoline and corn in our Coca-Cola and several other perfidious things. I have a whole "Big Corn is more evil than Big Oil" rant, which I will spare you.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 20, 2014 11:25 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 11:25 AM (hFL/3)
All right! Steve Perry for President. "Faithfully"
Joe Perry for Vice President. "Sweet Emotion"
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2014 11:25 AM (BAS5M)
That's true, but at the same time, it wasn't his idea to make 2012 about how much Republicans hate vaccines. Thanks Malkin and Bachmann. Thanks a freaken lot.
Posted by: Shoot Me at February 20, 2014 11:26 AM (qiXMt)
Posted by: Mindy at February 20, 2014 11:26 AM (mQwL2)
Rick Santorum.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at February 20, 2014 11:26 AM (DQZLr)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 20, 2014 11:26 AM (Uo7Tv)
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:26 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:26 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 03:24 PM (zfY+H)
even with coming off as a waterhead, Perry was second
Posted by: The Dude at February 20, 2014 11:26 AM (bStrg)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 20, 2014 11:26 AM (YbyjT)
I suspect she was trying to head off what she thought was a losing candidate before he got any steam. A Texas Governor, 4 years after Bush? She saw him having no shot and wanted to keep him from getting anywhere.
Also, she's HUGE on immigration and his record in some ways is not great in that area. Sometimes we let our pet concerns blind us to other things.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:27 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Lincolntf at February 20, 2014 11:27 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: skinny at February 20, 2014 11:27 AM (dt2qx)
That's never stopped anyone from thinking they're an expert on Iowa; why should Texas be any different?
Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 11:27 AM (ZKzrr)
And the Big Bopper died there.
Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 11:28 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 11:28 AM (UYe47)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 20, 2014 11:28 AM (SY2Kh)
Joe Perry for Vice President. "Sweet Emotion"
Posted by: Count de Monet
Katy Perry "Dark Horse"
Posted by: Sphynx at February 20, 2014 11:28 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:29 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: Lincolntf
Like Texas, right?
Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 20, 2014 11:29 AM (xrX4n)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 11:29 AM (RJMhd)
Texas gets more farm subsidies than any other state.
Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 11:30 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 20, 2014 11:30 AM (da5Wo)
But Romney would have done a pretty good job. I would have had real problems with some of his policies and decisions, but he would have been a decent president.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:30 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 03:27 PM (ZKzrr)
Because the politics of "immigration" illegal and otherwise, has worked pretty well in that state for a pretty long time and it hasn't damaged the Republicans as it has in every other red state in the country.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 20, 2014 11:31 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 20, 2014 11:31 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 11:31 AM (UYe47)
Hence the reason both Santorum and Huckabee are threatening contemplating another run as the "next in line" candidate.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 20, 2014 03:28 PM (SY2Kh)
The #2 spot was almost exclusively held by Romney, which was almost exclusively the moderates in the party (~20%) consolidating to him, in all the polling. The flavor of the week was the #1 spot until they flamed out.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:31 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 11:32 AM (VtjlW)
>>>real or imagined violation of the Conservative Code.
We got that Code by copying out the old Comics Code and changing a few words around. I was on the MS-Word committee, but I had no input on the search and replace function.
Posted by: Bigby's Throbbing Thumb at February 20, 2014 11:32 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:32 AM (PYAXX)
Who says they will not vote for Perry?
Who???
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 20, 2014 03:30 PM (da5Wo)
I won't. Of course I highly doubt I'm voting for a real person next election but the sentiment is the same
HAN SOLO 2016
Posted by: The Dude at February 20, 2014 11:32 AM (bStrg)
The Senate is going to have an expert testify on the situation in Congo. Ben Affleck. Seriously, . Good lord.
I trust, unlike our Argentinian ambassador, that Ben has actually been to the Congo ?
Posted by: McCool at February 20, 2014 11:32 AM (nCSwS)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:32 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: SIG NEEDED at February 20, 2014 11:32 AM (q177U)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 11:33 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 20, 2014 11:33 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at February 20, 2014 11:33 AM (n/ogz)
been telling PoliSci students this for 35 years; if Perry was in one of my classes, he didn' listen.
Posted by: Jules ( turning Chinese ) at February 20, 2014 11:34 AM (omBWL)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 11:34 AM (U+u4A)
Posted by: Lincolntf at February 20, 2014 11:34 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 20, 2014 11:34 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 20, 2014 11:35 AM (WPBmS)
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 11:35 AM (kL7D3)
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:35 AM (/29Nl)
The only guy I actually like is Rand Paul, and I don't think he's electable. Also, media, media, Democrats, yeah.
So to stay sane I just rejoice in the 22nd Amendment. Somebody other than Obama will be president.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 20, 2014 11:35 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Judge Roy Bean at February 20, 2014 11:35 AM (cCxiu)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 20, 2014 11:36 AM (32Ze2)
When I paid off my mortgage I no longer had to make mortgage payments.
When you have paid your debt to society you shouldn't have to keep paying.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 20, 2014 11:36 AM (kVfSG)
Posted by: brak at February 20, 2014 11:36 AM (M2qTM)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 11:36 AM (VtjlW)
I think not.
http://yhoo.it/1hzgx9O
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 03:32 PM (VtjlW)
Heather, ju got some splainin' to do!
Posted by: joncelli at February 20, 2014 11:36 AM (RD7QR)
interesting mini-country; smuggling is the national pastime
Posted by: Jules ( turning Chinese ) at February 20, 2014 11:36 AM (omBWL)
We would have had Vice President Ryan pushing a full bore amnesty program by the end of the first month of the Romney administration.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 20, 2014 11:36 AM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Karl May at February 20, 2014 11:37 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:37 AM (4+AaH)
I agree with Paul if he is supporting restoring rights to those who have paid their debts to society. If he wants to do what Holder wants to do, then no I'm good.
Since Holder wants them to vote while imprisoned.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:37 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: The Dude at February 20, 2014 11:37 AM (bStrg)
Katy Perry "Dark Horse"
Posted by: Sphynx at February 20, 2014 03:28 PM
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Sarah Jessica Parker "Horse Horse"
Posted by: irright at February 20, 2014 11:37 AM (pMGkg)
Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 11:37 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 20, 2014 11:37 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 11:38 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:38 AM (4+AaH)
But then, I am pretty sure he's insane, as in really certifiably mentally deranged so who the hell knows?
And yet, I still think he'd be better.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:38 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: tsj017 at February 20, 2014 11:38 AM (4YUWF)
And by big guns I mean Kate Upton eating a popsicle.
AtC, I know the line is long, but where is the back of it so that I may join and worship you?
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 20, 2014 11:38 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: willow at February 20, 2014 11:38 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: The Dude at February 20, 2014 11:39 AM (bStrg)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 20, 2014 11:39 AM (WPBmS)
It's a shame. I liked early Hot Air.
Posted by: Shoot Me at February 20, 2014 11:39 AM (qiXMt)
Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 03:37 PM (hFL/3)
It would be so awesome to see him trash Hillary a la Newt.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:39 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 20, 2014 11:39 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 11:39 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 11:39 AM (U+u4A)
Posted by: The Dude at February 20, 2014 11:39 AM (bStrg)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 20, 2014 11:40 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at February 20, 2014 11:40 AM (n/ogz)
I'd like to see him do that to a reporter but I am not sure how that would go over with the voters.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at February 20, 2014 11:40 AM (BcCwi)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:40 AM (4+AaH)
Those are the blue people on Star Trek.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 20, 2014 11:40 AM (kVfSG)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 11:40 AM (olDqf)
Like debates really matter.
Newt Gingrich is ferocious in debates. And?
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 03:38 PM (4+AaH)
Yes they do. Did you sleep throughout the entire 2012 campaign? The new flavor of the week in the primary was entirely the result of the debates.
If Romney had won the second debate against Obama, he would be president now.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:40 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:40 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:41 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 20, 2014 11:41 AM (HVff2)
Whether that's true of all felons or not is something we can debate, but the "they paid their price" is not exactly true; its a permanent mark on their record, they are viewed less amicably by the courts, and in the case of sexual offenders, you NEVER finish paying your price.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:41 AM (zfY+H)
I do not know if he can get the nod, but I would rather him than anyone else, even over Cruz.
Posted by: Dandolo at February 20, 2014 11:41 AM (0XBx+)
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:41 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 7 days (1wk) until spring training at February 20, 2014 11:41 AM (u8GsB)
Wick Pehrwee is not sehrwious about wunning.
I'm going to just stay home with Selfie this weekend.
Posted by: Babwa Waltehrs at February 20, 2014 11:41 AM (OZmbA)
Cruz is probably the only candidate that might ignore the "winning" Rovian advice to speak no ill of Hillary (or Bill, or Obama, or...) and go for the Gold!Posted by: Hrothgar at February 20, 2014 11:41 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Ted Fucking Cruz at February 20, 2014 11:42 AM (hn70M)
You keep tellin' yourself that.
If debates mattered, Obama's incredibly disastrous performance at the first one would have sunk him permanently. Utterly bombing in a catastrophic failure then tying doesn't = win.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:42 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 11:42 AM (olDqf)
Biggest chuckle of the day. Thanks.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 20, 2014 11:42 AM (HVff2)
We'd have to get reporters reclassified as "nuisance animals."
I'm not a Perry fan, but him shooting a coyote was awesome.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 20, 2014 11:42 AM (A0sHn)
In theory I endorse this principle, but in practice I believe that the majority of felons coming through our misnamed "justice system" don't come ANYWHERE close to paying the actual debt they owe society for their crimes.
Shit, here in Commiefornia, you can go up on murder one, and be back out walking the streets a free man less than a decade later.
Keeping the vote out of those guys' hands is all right by me. Least we can do.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 20, 2014 11:42 AM (gqT4g)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 20, 2014 11:43 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 11:43 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 11:43 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 20, 2014 11:43 AM (R8hU8)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:44 AM (zfY+H)
Whether that's true of all felons or not is something we can debate, but the "they paid their price" is not exactly true; its a permanent mark on their record, they are viewed less amicably by the courts, and in the case of sexual offenders, you NEVER finish paying your price.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 03:41 PM (zfY+H)
Well then they should be kept in jail then. Otherwise they should be free to vote as a private citizen.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:44 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: SIG NEEDED at February 20, 2014 11:45 AM (q177U)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 20, 2014 11:45 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:45 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 11:46 AM (XUKZU)
Bush is the worst lier and should be in jail now people. This bothers me more then anything else goping wrong in this country that President Obama is trying to fix. Bush lied and America died !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
George W. Bush has relentlessly abused the truth. In "The Lies Of George W. Bush: Mastering The Politics Of Deception" (Crown Publishers, October 2003)—a steely and scathing indictment of the president and his advisers—David Corn, the Washington editor of The Nation and a Fox News Channel contributor, reveals and examines the deceptions at the heart of the Bush presidency. In a stunning piece of journalism, he details and substantiates the all-too many times Bush and his aides have knowingly misled the American public to advance their own interests and agenda.
Bush has lied his way through most serious policy matters (as well as through his bid for the presidency). So here is a painfully constructed list—arranged in quasi-chronological order--that demonstrates the severity and range of Bush’s serial lying but that only skims the surface. Details that support this are below:
10. "I have been very candid about my past." Bush said this during a press conference a few days before Election Day 2000. He was then in the middle of media firestorm that followed the revelation that he had once been arrested for drunken driving. Of course, this statement was untrue. He uttered it while he was trying to explain why he had not been "candid" about his arrest record. And during the campaign, he had not been "candid" about other significant matters, including what seemed to be a missing year in his National Guard service (which did not jibe with what he wrote about his service in his autobiography) and his apparent (though unacknowledged) shift from supporting abortion rights in the late-1970s to opposing them in the 1990s. He also was not "candid" about the tax plans he had pushed while governor of Texas. He always referred to them as "tax cuts" and did not mention that his major tax proposal included both tax cuts for property owners and an increase in the sales tax and the creation of a new business tax.
9. "I’m a uniter not a divider." This was a Bush catchphrase, a mantra. It was shorthand for his claim that he engaged in positive, not negative, politics and could heal a political culture ripped apart by the bitter ideological and partisan combat of the Clinton years. Yet during the 2000 presidential campaign and the Florida fracas, Bush and his lieutenants engaged in down-and-dirty and divisive political maneuvers. Just ask Senator John McCain, Bush’s main Republican opponent, whose record on veterans affairs was falsely attacked by a Bush surrogate and who was accused falsely by the Bush campaign of opposing research for breast cancer. As president-elect, Bush nominated one of the most divisive ideologues in Washington, former Senator John Ashcroft, to be attorney general. During a pre-inauguration interview, Bush acknowledged that he expected Ashcroft to be a lightning rod. But would-be uniters-not-dividers do not shove lightning rods up the backsides of their opponents. Another example: during the 2002 congressional campaign, Bush accused Democrats—who differed with him on employment rules for the new Department of Homeland Security—of sacrificing national security for their own petty purposes. He did this to help elect Republicans to office. Such a move was well within his rights as a political player, but not the action of a fellow who cares more about uniting than dividing.
8. "My plan unlocks the door to the middle class of millions of hard-working Americans." All the available slots of this top-ten list could be filled by statements Bush made to sell his tax cuts at various points—on the campaign trail, in 2001 (for the first major tax-cuts battle), and in 2003 (for the second major tax-cuts battle). But I chose an assertion from 2001 that echoed statements from the campaign trail, that would be reprised in 2003, and that represented the best-sounding argument for his tax cuts. Bush frequently claimed his tax cuts would help low- and middle-income Americans, and in 2000 and 2001 he often spoke of a mythical single-mom waitress, making $22,000 or so, who would be guided into the middle-class by his tax cuts. The point was to make it seem as if he truly cared for hard-pressed Americans and that his tax cuts did indeed embody his promise of "compassionate conservatism." (By the way, I am not placing on this list Bush’s claim that he is a "compassionate conservative." That’s a rather relative term more suitable for judgment than truth-based evaluation.) But when the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche reviewed his tax plan for Time magazine during the 2000 campaign, it found that his beloved waitress would receive no reduction in her taxes. Zippo. In 2001, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that this waitress might gain $200 from Bush’s tax cuts if she managed to pull in $25,000 a year. But such a sum would not place her on the highway to the middle class. In fact, about 12 million low- and moderate-income families received no tax relief from Bush’s 2001 tax cuts (and millions of families were left out of his 2003 package). His plan unlocked few doors. Instead, about 45 percent of the 2001 package was slated to go to the top 1 percent of income earners. In 2003, Citizens for Tax Justice calculated that individuals earning between $16,000 and $29,000 would net about $99 from Bush’s proposed tax cuts. Again, not an amount that would cover the entrance fee for a middle-class life.
7. "This allows us to explore the promise and potential of stem cell research." That was what Bush said during an August 9, 2001, speech, announcing his decision to permit the federal funding of stem cell research that only used stem cells lines that existed before his speech. Bush was presenting his policy as a Solomon-like compromise. Religious right leaders and the Catholic Church were opposed to all stem cell research because it uses cells extracted from five-day old blastocysts (or embryos) in a process that destroys the embryos. (These embryos usually are leftovers created by in vitro fertilization at fertility clinics and no longer needed by the couples for which they were produced). But many prominent Republican donors and patient advocacy groups supported stem cell research, noting that scientists believed that studying stem cells (which have the potential to grow into any one of the more than 200 different types of human cells) could lead to treatments for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other terrible diseases. In his speech, Bush said that 60 stem cell lines already existed—"where the life and death decision has already been made"--and that these lines could support a vital and vibrant research effort. Consequently, he said, federally funding could be limited to underwriting research that employed only these lines. Bush was trying to have it both ways. He could appease his social conservative supporters by saying no to any federal support for new stem cell lines, and he could claim to support research that might potentially help millions of people. There was one problem. The 60 pre-existing lines did not exist. The number was closer to a dozen—if that—an amount that experts in the field did not consider sufficient for research purposes. And when scientists and media reports convincingly discredited Bush’s count—which Bush might have initially assumed to be correct—the Bush administration kept repeating its untruthful position. Sticking to the 60-lines fantasy (or lie) permitted Bush to avoid making an explicit decision to curtail stem cell research. But in effect that was what he had done without admitting it.
6. "We must uncover every detail and learn every lesson of September the 11th." Bush said this in November 2002, as he appointed Henry Kissinger to be chairman of an independent 9/11 commission that Bush had orignially opposed. (Kissinger lasted two weeks in the job.) But Bush has not encouraged the uncovering of every detail. His administration did not turn over information to the congressional 9/11 inquiry about intelligence warnings the White House reviewed before 9/11. The administration also refused to say whether certain pre-9/11 intelligence warnings—including a July 2001 report noting that Osama bin Laden was poised to launch a "spectacular" attack "designed to inflict mass casualties against U.S. facilities or interests"—were shared with Bush and what he did in response, if he had received them. Moreover, the administration claimed that Bush’s awareness of these warnings (not the warnings themselves) was classified information—an argument unprecedented in the modern history of national security secrets. Bush also refused to let the congressional inquiry release the portion of its final report that concerned connections between the 9/11 hijackers and Saudi citizens or officials. By resorting to such secrecy—which happened to keep hidden information that might be embarrassing or inconvenient for the Bush administration--Bush made it impossible for investigators to "uncover every detail" and for the nation to "learn every lesson."
5. "[We are] taking every possible step to protect our country from danger." Bush said that a month after 9/11, and he has repeated that vow several times since then, including at the start of his recent month-long vacation at his Texas ranch. Every possible step? A reassuring line, but it is not true. Two years after the attacks, there still is no plan for enhanced security at the nation’s thousands of chemical plants. (Over a hundred of them handle chemicals that if released could threaten a million or so Americans.) According to the General Accounting Office, the Bush administration has not even "comprehensively assessed the chemical industry’s vulnerabilities to terrorist attacks." In October 2002, Tom Ridge, Bush’s chief homeland security official, said that voluntary regulations for the chemical industry would not suffice, but that is the policy the administration has been slowly pursuing. And less-than-everything has been the approach in other critical areas. A recent report from a Council on Foreign Relations task force—headed up by former Republican Senator Warren Rudman—says that not enough has been done to improve the abilities of first responders and that their basic needs will be underfunded by $100 billion over the next five years. The nation’s ports have asked for $1 billion to beef up security; the Bush administration has announced grants of $300 million. Various reports note that the federal government has not done all that is necessary to improve its biodefense capabilities. The administration has opposed efforts to mandate the screening of commercial cargo carried by passenger aircraft. (Most of this sort of cargo is not currently screened—creating one large security loophole.) So "every possible step" has not been taken.
4. "I first got to know Ken [Lay in 1994]." As the Enron scandal reached the White House in early 2002, Bush uttered this remark, claiming he had nothing to do with Lay until after winning the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. It was an apparent and clumsy effort to diminish his relationship with the now-disgraced Enron chief. But in1994, Lay and Enron had been leading contributors to Bush’s campaign. And Lay—long a patron of Bush’s father—had worked with Bush in political settings prior to 1994. In a pre-scandal interview, Lay noted he had been "very close to George W." for years before1994. (In the mid-1980s, Bush’s oil venture was in a partnership with Enron.) Bush also claimed that his administration had been of absolutely no help to Enron. That might have been true during the scam-based company’s final days. But in the months preceding that, the Bush administration had assisted Enron in a variety of ways. This included appointing individuals recommended by Lay as top energy regulators and opposing wholesale price caps on electricity during the California energy crisis, a move that came after Lay (whose electricity-selling company was using manipulative tactics to gouge California) urged the White House to block price caps.
3. "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised." And, "[Saddam Hussein is] a threat because he is dealing with al Qaeda." These two Bush remarks go hand in hand, even though the first was said on March 17, 2003, two days before Bush launched the invasion of Iraq, and the other came during a November 7, 2002, press conference. Together they represented his argument for war: Hussein possessed actual weapons of mass destruction and at any moment could hand them to his supposed partners in al Qaeda. That is why Hussein was an immediate threat to the United States and had to be taken out quickly. But neither of these assertions were truthful. There has been much media debate over all this. But the postwar statements of Richard Kerr, a former deputy director of the CIA, provide the most compelling proof. He has been conducting a review of the prewar intelligence, and he has told reporters that the intelligence on HusseinÂ’s WMDs was full of caveats and qualifiers and based mostly on inferential or circumstantial evidence. In other words, it was not no-doubt material. He also has said that prewar intelligence reports did not contain evidence of links between Hussein and al Qaeda. The best information to date indicates that the prewar intelligence did not leave "no doubt" about WMDs and did not support BushÂ’s claim that Hussein was in cahoots with al Qaeda. BushÂ’s primary reason for war was founded on falsehoods
2. "We found the weapons of mass destruction." Bush issued this triumphant remark in late May 2003, while being interviewed by a Polish television reporter. He was referring to two tractor-trailers obtained by U.S. forces in Iraq. The CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency had concluded these vehicles were mobile bio-weapons plants. Yet they had found not a trace of biological agents on either. (And no bio-weapon facility could be scrubbed completely clean.) In subsequent weeks, it turned out that State Department analysts and even DIA engineering experts—as well as outside experts—did not accept the CIA and DIA conclusion, and some of these doubters believed the explanation of Iraqis who claimed the trucks were built to produce hydrogen for weather balloons. Whichever side might be ultimately right about the trailers, this all-important piece of evidence was hotly contested. It was hardly solid enough to support Bush’s we-found-them declaration or to justify a war.
1. "ItÂ’s time to restore honor and dignity to the White House." Bush said that many a time during the 2000 presidential campaign, and in at least one ad pledged to "return honor and integrity" to the Oval Office. See above--and read the book.
All presidents have lied, but George W. Bush has relentlessly abused the truth. In THE LIES OF GEORGE W. BUSH: MASTERING THE POLITICS OF DECEPTION (Crown Publishers, October 2003)—a steely and scathing indictment of the president and his advisers—David Corn, the Washington editor of The Nation and a Fox News Channel contributor, reveals and examines the deceptions at the heart of the Bush presidency. In a stunning piece of journalism, he details and substantiates the all-too many times Bush and his aides have knowingly misled the American public to advance their own interests and agenda.
When campaigning for the presidency, Bush vowed to “restore” honor and integrity to the Oval Office, but Corn uses the president’s own words and deeds to prove beyond a doubt that this claim was the first lie of many. In other instances of presidential prevarication, Bush has:
• Brazenly misrepresented intelligence data and relied on dishonest arguments to whip up support for war with Iraq;
• Made numerous false statements about the provisions and effects of his super-sized tax cuts;
• Offered disingenuous and misleading explanations about the 9/11 attacks, the war on terrorism, and homeland security;
• Lied about his connections—and those of his administration—to corporate crooks;
• Presented deceptive claims to sell controversial policies on the environment, stem cell research, missile defense, abortion, energy, Social Security, health care, education, and other crucial issues;
• Dishonestly claimed to be a positive campaigner while engaging in deceitful and down-and-dirty tactics during the 2000 presidential campaign and recount drama.
The Lies Of George W. Bush is no partisan whine. It is a carefully constructed, well-developed, and convincing fact-driven account that shows how Bush has consistently relied upon duplicity to wage political and policy battles. The book covers lies Bush told as a presidential candidate (“I have been very candid about my past”); in his first days in office (“We pulled back [the arsenic standard] so that we could make a decision based upon sound science”); while selling a war to the American people (“Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapon ever devised”); and as a crusader for tax cuts (“Tax relief for everybody . . . while still reducing our national debt and funding important priorities”). Corn explains with wit and style how Bush managed to get away with it, and he explores the dangerous consequences of White House deceit in a perilous age.
Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at February 20, 2014 11:46 AM (h0ygp)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 11:46 AM (4+AaH)
If debates mattered, Obama's incredibly disastrous performance at the first one would have sunk him permanently. Utterly bombing in a catastrophic failure then tying doesn't = win.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 03:42 PM (zfY+H)
He WAS losing. Then Romney lost the final two debates. Then hurricane Sandy sealed it.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:46 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 11:46 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:47 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 11:47 AM (0KmDt)
Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 11:47 AM (6Nj7A)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 20, 2014 11:47 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Kansas at February 20, 2014 11:47 AM (n0SOW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 11:47 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 20, 2014 11:48 AM (9LuAk)
Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 20, 2014 11:48 AM (xrX4n)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 7 days (1wk) until spring training at February 20, 2014 11:48 AM (u8GsB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 11:48 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 20, 2014 11:48 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 11:48 AM (UYe47)
Posted by: Jesse Jackpot Jr at February 20, 2014 11:49 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: Babawa WaWa at February 20, 2014 11:49 AM (/o+xv)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:49 AM (PYAXX)
Eh, I think his first debate definitely helped, but I think the hurricane sank whatever momentum Romney had.
Then again the polls we were looking at were skewed and we were caught off guard by how correct the ones we weren't looking at were.
Posted by: Shoot Me at February 20, 2014 11:49 AM (qiXMt)
Posted by: Andrew S. at February 20, 2014 11:50 AM (GQ/p6)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at February 20, 2014 11:50 AM (n/ogz)
Really? Can you fucking IMAGINE what they'd promise?
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And if I am elected I will make it possible for sex offenders to adopt children.
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 11:50 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 11:50 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:50 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: AMDG at February 20, 2014 11:50 AM (t7OO0)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 20, 2014 11:50 AM (o3MSL)
Really? Can you fucking IMAGINE what they'd promise?
Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 03:47 PM (/29Nl)
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 11:50 AM (buZ/8)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 20, 2014 11:50 AM (32Ze2)
You could have just told us your and idiot and saved a buttload of space.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 20, 2014 11:51 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 20, 2014 11:51 AM (da5Wo)
He WAS losing. Then Romney lost the final two debates. Then hurricane Sandy sealed it.
Posted by: NWConservative
Unskewedreality.com....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 20, 2014 11:51 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 20, 2014 11:51 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Shoot Me at February 20, 2014 11:51 AM (qiXMt)
Posted by: Timon at February 20, 2014 11:51 AM (kAniV)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:51 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 20, 2014 11:52 AM (32Ze2)
Oh, is it 'cause Ace is all high an' mighty now and is too good for cheap hit-whoring?
Posted by: RoyalOil at February 20, 2014 11:52 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 20, 2014 11:52 AM (GjPnA)
It wasn't a storm that gave Obama the win. I don't think it made a bit of difference to anyone in their voting.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 11:52 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at February 20, 2014 11:52 AM (bCEmE)
Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 20, 2014 11:52 AM (CnA98)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Babawa WaWa at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (/o+xv)
I think it should be RON PAUL
Becoz we were told after Obama's first term that Romney was a shoe-in since he was milquetoast and everybody was tired of All-Drama Obama, they just wanted quiet competance.
And since that was obviously untrue, we need somebody who's gonna drum up the Controversy
Posted by: Bigby's Throbbing Thumb at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (da5Wo)
Savage has as much of a chance as Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (kVfSG)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (PYAXX)
More "compassionate" sentencing guidelines.
"There are too many families being broken up due to racist sentencing policies that do more harm than good."Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Kansas at February 20, 2014 11:53 AM (n0SOW)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 20, 2014 11:54 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 11:54 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2014 11:54 AM (5SH8W)
Posted by: Y-not at February 20, 2014 11:54 AM (zDsvJ)
I like Perry a lot, but another TX governor?
Reason I like Cruz is not only his fight but his very face and existence punches back five times as hard at the media's ID politics.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 20, 2014 11:54 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 20, 2014 11:54 AM (/o+xv)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 20, 2014 11:54 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: hack at February 20, 2014 11:55 AM (piR98)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 20, 2014 11:55 AM (U+u4A)
237...I'd be more than happy to see him run.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
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Me too, NDH.
I don't care if he's not a great debater.
Debating skills are overrated...and not an indicator of good leadership skills.
Posted by: wheatie at February 20, 2014 11:55 AM (DEUoo)
@213 I was considering Rand Paul seriously, until I saw the bit today about him wanting to restore voting rights to felons.
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Someone (Instapundit, I think) had an interesting note on this topic yesterday. Being a felon used to be a big deal. Felons were your big bads of society. But nowadays, felonies include a lot of things that would have been misdemeanors in the past.
Given that, there's definitely an argument to be made about letting ex-felons have the right to vote. I haven't examined the issue enough to decide whether I agree with it or not. But there's definitely an argument there.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2014 11:55 AM (UWFpX)
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Posted by: Shoot Me at February 20, 2014 03:49 PM (qiXMt)
The poll aggregate had Obama at nearly +7 before the first debate. After the debate it was Romney +1.
So yeah, polling was correct.
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Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 20, 2014 11:57 AM (Ec6wH)
Oh, and I take points off for not mentioning Prescott Bush.
Posted by: Shoot Me at February 20, 2014 11:57 AM (qiXMt)
Perry on heavy duty pain-killers would still be 1000x better than Obama in every freaking regard!Posted by: Hrothgar at February 20, 2014 11:57 AM (o3MSL)
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Posted by: microaggressor at February 20, 2014 03:56 PM (yhJhK)
Reagan ran twice and lost before he finally won. Just sayin'
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 20, 2014 11:58 AM (BZAd3)
Has any man ever managed that successfully? Someone always looks.
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Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 20, 2014 12:00 PM (m5+rk)
One of the BIG problems is the primary schedule. All the big blue states are stacked up first.
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Not the biggest blue state, unless they've adjusted the primary schedule this year. California's always one of the last states to vote in the primaries.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2014 12:00 PM (UWFpX)
Jail isn't the end-all be-all form of punishment or solution to crime, and acting like it is partly is to blame for how our justice system and society are today.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 12:00 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 12:00 PM (UYe47)
The guilt of that makes them uber liberals.
Most of them have only a high school education. They got into acting at a young age and became famous at a young age. They are full of teenager ideas, and are not tempered by any contact with the real world. They are surrounded by fake people who are hedonistic idiots. Everything they do is discussed, photographed and criticized by people who don't care at all about them as a person, only as an image.
In a way I feel sorry for them. Nobody really handles all that very well. They're abused, drugged up, used up, and discarded as soon as their Q value falls.
I wouldn't want to be around a single one of them. They're black holes of suck.
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Posted by: grognard at February 20, 2014 12:01 PM (/29Nl)
Given that, there's definitely an argument to be made about letting ex-felons have the right to vote. I haven't examined the issue enough to decide whether I agree with it or not. But there's definitely an argument there.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2014 03:55 PM (UWFpX)
There are so many laws nowadays too. I have read that the average person breaks, unknowingly, THREE federal crimes EVERY DAY. Everyone is a felon in a fascist society, except the government has not singled you out yet. Step out of line and you have 500 violations they could throw down on you.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 12:01 PM (buZ/8)
We're halfway there, comrade.
Posted by: zombie hugo chavez at February 20, 2014 12:01 PM (14um2)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 20, 2014 12:01 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 20, 2014 12:01 PM (m5+rk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 20, 2014 12:02 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 20, 2014 12:02 PM (5SH8W)
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Many years ago I subpoenaed a cop to testify at a trial. He was very nervous and doubted his ability to remember details even though we went over it a number of times. So finally I called him to the stand and he held up his right hand to be sworn in. God, the jury and everybody could see he had written notes on his hand so he wouldn't forget. Perry should have tried that.
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 12:02 PM (XUKZU)
...wasn't that while he was jogging? swoon......
...and he wears glasses when he reads!...double swoon!!!
Posted by: concrete girl at February 20, 2014 12:02 PM (LhAqq)
We're halfway there, comrade.Posted by: zombie hugo chavez at February 20, 2014 04:01 PM (14um2)
They used all their toilet paper for oil filters.
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Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 20, 2014 12:02 PM (32Ze2)
Good thinking. Put your order in now before Christie gets there.
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Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 20, 2014 12:04 PM (aDwsi)
She gets passing grades, even A's no matter what her work is like, you get me? We need that publicity and her sweet, sweet endowment money. And if you mention extortion again, I'll have your legs broken.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 20, 2014 12:04 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 20, 2014 04:01 PM (m5+rk)
Agreed. He relishes in fighting conservatives whenever he gets the chance.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 12:05 PM (buZ/8)
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Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 20, 2014 12:06 PM (32Ze2)
Posted by: Lincolntf at February 20, 2014 04:04 PM (ZshNr)
You'd think that he would have put together a better campaign.
Posted by: NWConservative at February 20, 2014 12:06 PM (buZ/8)
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You know the end of Raiders of the Lost Arc where they put the crate into a huge government warehouse of cool stuff? Yeah, well it's been found.
http://tinyurl.com/lqe2gaj
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 12:07 PM (XUKZU)
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Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 20, 2014 12:08 PM (m5+rk)
Reagan used to be a Democrat...and ended up being a great president.
And, unlike Reagan, I don't think that Perry would fall into the trap of granting Amnesty.
Someone upthread, said that "We will never see another Republican President".
That's what people said in the late 70's, after Nixon poisoned things for a while.
What we got...was an R-president who used to be a Dem.
Which is why I think that Perry could give us a win.
The things that conservatives here object to about him...are not things that the Dems could beat him up with.
Not the policy things.
Perry also has the good looks and charisma that it takes these days to win the presidency.
I know that sounds shallow...but look at who has won in that last Presidential Elections.
Clinton was more charismatic than Bush the elder...and he won.
Clinton was more charismatic than Dole...and he won again.
GW Bush was more charismatic than Gore...and he won.
Bush was more charismatic than Kerry...and he won again.
Barky was more charismatic than McCain...and he won.
Barky was more charismatic than Romney...and he won again.
So don't tell me that 'charisma' doesn't count.
Posted by: wheatie at February 20, 2014 12:10 PM (DEUoo)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 20, 2014 12:12 PM (m5+rk)
Posted by: jwest at February 20, 2014 12:12 PM (u2a4R)
Yeah. Oh, but it was the storm that hit NYC, right? Yeah, that's the ticket.
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Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 12:15 PM (RJMhd)
445...Perry 2016? F*ck yeah, I'm in.
He was my first choice in 2012 until he did himself in. If he gets Rand Paul as his VP & double the f*ck in.
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This.
I don't think that Rand Paul has a chance in hell of winning as President.
But as VP? ....Oh yeah.
I just want a win.
And I think that Perry is the guy who could do it.
Posted by: wheatie at February 20, 2014 12:15 PM (DEUoo)
Posted by: Wink Martindale [/i] [/b] at February 20, 2014 12:16 PM (5ikDv)
459 Wheatie: GWB lost the popular vote
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You mean in 2000?
Well maybe he did...and maybe he didn't.
We'll never know for sure, will we.
Posted by: wheatie at February 20, 2014 12:17 PM (DEUoo)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 12:18 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Adam at February 20, 2014 12:19 PM (Aif/5)
So, yeah, Rick, go visit the children of the corn. Too soon to tell.
Posted by: susiefarmer at February 20, 2014 12:19 PM (ydb8s)
Posted by: tasker at February 20, 2014 12:20 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 12:22 PM (0KmDt)
Tasker...
GWBush didn't contest the other states where he was 'close' and where there were voting irregularities.
New Mexico, for one.
There were others...but I'm having trouble remembering which ones they were.
Posted by: wheatie at February 20, 2014 12:23 PM (DEUoo)
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Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 12:46 PM (UYe47)
Absolute trainwreck of a candidate, he has about the same approval ratings in bright red Texas as Obama does nationally. Not a good sign if that's where a Governor stands when most voters share the same ideology. Imagine what purple states are going to think of him.
I'm amazed so many TruCons back him, he has at best a mixed record. He was a HillaryCare supporting Democrat up until the 90's and was Al Gore's former campaign chairman in Texas. I'm sorry, but you can't tell me the Democrat Party was still finding itself ideologically during that time. It seems he saw the winds blowing in Texas and jumped parties. He's an opportunist.
Also, the Hispandering really is annoying, with ridiculous excuses like he was against a border fence because of cattle issues. Really?
The primary in 2012 was handed to him on a silver platter. and he blew it. I don't buy into the whole medication issue, I just think he's your garden variety retard.
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Erowmero in ETEX.
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Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 01:56 PM (JFbSU)
I just wish Perry had weighed in on more issues in the last few years. That's why I prefer Cruz -- he's been at the forefront, shaping the fight, weighing in on most everything relevant.
Didn't Reagan write a lot of op-eds in between '76 and '80? I think I read that once. I know Reagan got his voice heard a LOT.
But, Perry is a great governor of a great state, so I look forward to his campaign should he run.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at February 20, 2014 02:48 PM (KL49F)
FFS, I'd vote for a dead hamster over those three slimebuckets.
Walker > Cruz > Perry > a dead hamster.
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